No. 3
Publication
of notice of
application
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
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8.(1) Upon receipt of an application, the Authority shall
publish a notice of the application in local newspapers inviting
comments from the public, within fourteen days from the date of
publication.
(2) The requirement for publication shall not apply to licence
of a duration below five years.
Rejection of
application
9.(1)
The rejection of an application pursuant to the
provisions of this Act shall not prevent the applicant from
resubmitting another application with the required information
except where a tender process is involved.
(2) Resubmission of application under sub-section (1) shall be
treated as a new application.
Grant of
licence
10.(1) On completion of evaluation process, the Authority
shall within thirty days notify the successful and unsuccessful
applicants the results of the application.
(2) Where frequency requirement is involved, the applicant shall
make a separate application for a radio frequency user licence.
(3) A grant of licence shall be subject to satisfaction of the
Authority that the facilities are in accordance with conditions
stipulated in the construction permit.
Network
facilities
licence
11. A person shall not install, operate, manage, construct,
maintain, own or make available network facilities in the United
Republic except under the terms and conditions of an individual
licence granted by the Authority.
Network
Services
Licence
12.(1) A person shall not operate, manage and provide
network services in the United Republic except in accordance with
the terms and conditions of an individual licence granted by the
Authority.
(2) An applicant for Network Services Licence shall, in
addition to conditions stipulated for in sections 6 and 26 of this Act,
submit the following-